Quizzed whether he is confident Boro can get the results they need to stay up, Karanka responded: “If I don't believe I go home."

Middlesbrough despair after conceding

And on whether his players are aware of the predicament Boro find themselves in, Karanka added: “It's difficult to know and it's difficult to understand when you don't have a lot of players who have played in the Premier League .

“We know but the only way to keep going is to stay together and we don't have experience in this situation but I'm sure we will survive."